Medal cast
Two casts obverse and reverse of an inscribed commemorative medal. Obverse: Port-broadside view of a brig-rigged East Indiaman. Border: 'Generaele : Vereenichede : Oost Indishe : Compagny.' Reverse: East India Company's fleet. Legend: 'Int vreede Jaer, belant dees vloot door Wollebrant van Oost Indiis rycke Cust int Lieve Vaderlant*'. (In the year of peace the fleet is brought home to the motherland by Wollebrant from the rich coasts of the East Indies).
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Object Details
ID: | SEC1258 |
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Type: | Medal cast |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | 1648 |
People: | Dutch East India Company |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 7 mm x 55 mm |
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